Kirtland AFB vs Paradise Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Kirtland AFB and Paradise Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Kirtland AFB and Paradise Hills are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Paradise Hills has the higher population (4,662 vs 3,421 in Kirtland AFB). Kirtland AFB has the higher median household income ($79,301 vs $74,403 in Paradise Hills). Since 2019, Paradise Hills's population has grown faster (+0.1% vs -20.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Kirtland AFB	Paradise Hills
Population	3,421	4,662
Median age	23.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,301	$74,403
Median home value	—	$241,300
Median gross rent	$1,788	$1,256
Housing units	1,276	1,958
Homeownership rate	2.2%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirtland AFB	Paradise Hills
Population	4,279 → 3,421 (-20.1%)	4,656 → 4,662 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$61,645 → $79,301 (+28.6%)	$62,070 → $74,403 (+19.9%)
Median home value	—	$182,100 → $241,300 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,399 → $1,788 (+27.8%)	$1,121 → $1,256 (+12.0%)

Kirtland AFB

Population

4,2793,421

Median household income

$61,645$79,301

Median gross rent

$1,399$1,788

Paradise Hills

Population

4,6564,662

Median household income

$62,070$74,403

Median home value

$182,100$241,300

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,256

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirtland AFB	Paradise Hills
Under 5	14.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	23.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	22.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	6.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	1.5%	14.1%
75 and over	0.9%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirtland AFB	Paradise Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	49.1%
Black or African American	12.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	6.6%
Asian	7.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	39.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirtland AFB	Paradise Hills
No high school diploma	2.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	9.3%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirtland AFB	Paradise Hills
Drove alone	78.6%	68.9%
Carpooled	10.5%	11.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	1.7%	17.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirtland AFB	Paradise Hills
1-unit, detached	39.6%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	38.1%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	21.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kirtland AFB	Paradise Hills
Poverty rate	12.9%	13.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	9	27
Median year structure built	2002	1975